St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-31


eleven young men whose names are
given below are put in the field next
spring to contest for the flag of the
Western league, they will speedily find
their place to be in the rear of all the
other teams. A club that could not
have won the Northwestern pennant
certainly has no show in an OrganiZa-
ton which will contain many of the best
players in the country. TO show con-
cluSively that what is said above cannot
but be true, the GLOBE has taken the
trouble to get the records of six of the
players, and made careful estimates on
the rest. What is the showing? Simply
that the club would be able to average
about 500 in batting and .905 in fielding.
This years st. Paul team averaged 1924
at bat and 913 in the field. and Oshkosh,
the pennant winner. averaged .332 with
the willow and .916 in the field. If past
performances are any criterion, this
proof ought to be pretty convincing.
THE THREE HEAVY BATTERS
of the team. Crooks, Cleveland ana Will
mot, have been allowed to 90 elsewhere,
and apparently no attempt has been
made to put heavy willow wielders in
their places. The engagement of Sha-
fer was doubtless good move, as he is
an excellent fielder and pretty fair bat
ter being the best man in the present
team. The retention of Murphy was
probably the correct thing to do. His
batting is not weak, his base running is
extraordinarily good and his fielding
fair. His weakness in the field is in not
being able to heave the ball III from
deep center with sufficient force. Dur
yea is apparently a better pitcher than
ever, and the base ball public will be
glad that he was retained. "Billy"
Sowders is the king bee of the aggrega-
ton. and nobody questions the wisdom
too. is a pretty good man to tie to, al
though he is by no means strong at bat
Kemmler is far from a good ball player.
He catches well and throws to bases
magnifcently, but he is wofully weak
with the willow and runs bases with
monumental stupidity. OF Sowders'
left-handed brother nothing is known
in St. Paul. Earle is plucky catcher,
fine base runner and pretty fair bat
ter. He doubtless strengthens the team.
The selection of Jevne as a fielder is
open to very serious question. He COW
ers great deal of ground in splendid
form, but he is far too weak at bat for
an Outfielder. COrbett is a cOnscien-
tious player, but
OUT OF PLACE
III al tCdlll VI DCIllttlt NllfllCIS. NJutSG ID
a man of great head. who knows all the
tricks of the diamond, but it seems
pretty plain that he has Outgrown his
usefulness as a ball player. Now for
suggestion or two. There are lots Of
good ball players still on the market.
Has anybody secured the celebrated
Bridgeport battery, Lovett and Wilson?
O'Connell, the Oshkosh first baseman,
man of rather bad disposition, but whose
record shows him to be strong in both
fielding and batting, does not seem to
have been engaged. Isn't Rocks, the
heavy-hitting La Crosse left fielder,
are Reilly, of Eau Claire, and Miller, of
La Crosse? But why speak further?
Good ball players are plentiful, and the
manager who bats his hook well with
greenbacks can catch them handily.
President Thompson and Manager
Barnes cannot afford to sit idly by and
let them go elsewhere. They need an
other first-class pitcher and three or
four fielderS who can smash the ball
around at about 400 gait. Let these
men be secured at any cost, and the st.
Paul lovers of the national game will
return the money to the management at
the gate
TEN TIMES OVER.
Inc GlOBE Is Iree 10 make TIE preulc-
ton, however, that if the eleven men
chosen to represent st. Paul are put in
the field the attendance at the games in
this city will dwindle before the middle
of the summer to the players, umpire,
| reporters and half a hundred incurable
base bali cranks. This paper speaks
thus plainly because it wants st. Paul
to have team in the new Western
league that will go to the front and stay
there. This is not ''roast" for the
management, but a kindly hint to it to
get together an aggregation to satisfy
the yearning of the ST. Paul public for
club of pennant winners. St. Paul
loves base ball, but Manager Barnes
doesn't yet know how well. IL he will
give lis club of stars he will see 10000
people at single game during next sea-
son. In the tables below the actual
batting and fielding averages of 1887 of
six of the players are given and close
estimates are made on the rest.
BATTING.